About Robert W Service (1874-1958). Public Domain, No U.S. Copyright Control; Or Right to Object To Use.

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"Popeye, Grey Owl, and Robert Service join the public domain."

While U.S., copyright law does in  some instances appear to protect creations longer-if they were done as works for hire and are dated-the works of Robert Service were not done for hire and although copy right can be bought and sold it is still the original copyright .

 As confirmed below,Bryant H. McGill has absolutely no rights to the works of Robert Service or many of the other works on which he is apparently still claiming such.

 

He is still being illegitimately and illegally linked to my blog site.

Published 2003/7/21 by webmaster-From Robert Service Home Page
"I administer the subsidiary rights to this poetry throughout the British Commonwealth based upon a British statute of 1911 which reverts copyright to estates 25 years after death. U.S. rights have a renewal provision for copyrights upon their 28th year but many are the Robert Service poems that are of an age from before 1923 wherein public domain sets in which means no U.S. copyright control or right to object to use. All other poems are subject to negotiation. All poems regardless of age are protected in British Commonwealth for 70 years from death ( Canada is still pending an extension from 50 years).

It is rare that a non English speaking request comes in. We inspect closely for keeping the integrity of the poems and also for avoiding any impersonations of the great poet by well meaning individuals who want to dress up as if they were Robert W. Service reciting his own poems. It is considered bad taste and we prefer other presentations. There are numerous requests for motion picture rights and this involves questions of nature of use, duration and form of use and whether non exclusive rights suffice.

My e mail address is bill@krasgrosslaw.com and my fax is 212 983 3228. Please be prepared if asking rights for inclusion in a book to identify publisher, number of intended print run, price and nature of use as well as total number of pages in total book so that we know what percent comes from the intended Service works.

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Published 2003/7/21 by webmaster